statement

Art gives me a sense of purpose. Art is the road to awe that made me aware of the ordinary beauty that constantly surrounds me which I continually seem to overlook, except on those rare moments. In the midst of creating I fall into a state of rapture becoming mesmerized by the play of shadows and obsessed in recreating what lies before me. This intense focus and concentration pushes me into a state of flow. In a more sentimental aspect, art also gives something me to hold on to. It strengthens my memories against an ever receding past. Sure I could take a photograph, but when I draw or paint something it becomes engraved into my brain as I study every millimeter of it. I make something where there was once a void of blank nothingness. Many of my works included layered meanings, which can be somewhat archetypal but also intensely personal. In my drawings, cryptic symbolism is blended into the charcoaled imagery.

bio

born: 1989, Kingston, Pennsylvania

education

Ani Art Academy Waichulis

selected awards/honors

1st Place Art Renewal Center Scholarship, 2014
1st Place, Drawing Category, Art Renewal Center International Salon, 2013
Purchase Award, Art Renewal Center International Salon,2013 & 2014
Art Kudos International Juried Competition, Merit Award, 2014

selected publications

Art Journey: Portraits and Figures, 2014
Strokes of Genius 7, North Light Books, 2014

selected group shows

John Pence Gallery, Drawings, Drawing, San Francisco, California, 2014
Rehs Contemporary Galleries Inc., Sexes, New York City, 2015
Rehs Contemporary Galleries Inc., Heroes, Villians, Myths, Legends, New York City, 2014
Rehs Contemporary Galleries Inc., The Big Gamble, New York City, 2013